in 1920s), who had sons Jongintaba Dalindyebo (the 'regent', d. A son of Ngangelizwe was Jongilizwe Dalindyebo (d. He was succeeded by his son Mthikrakra, whose sons included Ngangelizwe and Matanzima. The rulers of the Thembu were descended from the great monarch King/Chief Ngubengcka of the Great House, who died 1832.

The Bantus are the larger linguistic subdivision referring to the language spoken south of the line from Kenya to Cameroon, migrants from the area of Niger and more easterly. The Nguni are divided into the Northern group (the Zulu and Swazi) and a Southern, the Xhosa consisting of the amaBaca, abeThembu, etc.

He was raised to be a counselor to the future king Sabata and was not in line to be the hereditary king. NM speaks repeatedly of his love of its rolling hills and fertile valleys. Mvezo is in district of Umtata in the Transkei, 800 m east of Cape Town, in SE S Africa, between the Kei river to the S, Indian Ocean to the SE, and Natal to the NE and bordered to the N by the Drakenberg Mountains. His father was the son of Mandela of the Ixhiba house, a lesser house of the Madiba clan of the Thembu, a Xhosa speaking tribe. Named Rolihlahla ('pulling the branches of trees', connotes troublemaker) Mandela, later acquired clan name Madiba and given Christian name Nelson by first teacher. Overall Impression: A deeply inspiring work by an authentic modern hero, understandably slanted toward the nobleīorn Jin Mvezo to the village chief Gadla Henry Mphakanqiswa and one of his wives, Nodekeni Fanny.

Quotations are for the most part taken from that work, as Summary by Michael McGoodwin, prepared 2000Īcknowledgement: This work has been summarized using the 1994 Little Brown & Co.Įdition. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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